How To Say Places In Manggaraian Language: Cultural Linguistic Perspectives

EROM, Kletus (2016) How To Say Places In Manggaraian Language: Cultural Linguistic Perspectives. JURNAL TUTUR: Cakrawala Kajian Bahasa-bahasa Nusantara, 2 (1). pp. 23-35. ISSN 2442-3475

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Abstract

Manggaraian Language (ML) is one of the main local languages spoken by people in Great Manggarai: Manggarai Regency, West Manggarai Regency, and East Manggarai Regency, of East Nusa Tenggara Province. It has four dialects: East Manggarai Dialect, Middle Manggarai Dialect, S–H Manggarai Dialect, and West Manggarai Dialect. Middle Manggarai Dialect is considered as the standard one for some reasons. ML has unique grammatical feature used to say places where possibly someone or something posits. Such grammatical feature includes the lexical words of cardinal points, like le ‘south’ lau ‘north’, sale ‘west, and awo ‘east’, and some other lexical words showing directions, like wa ‘below/beneath’, eta ‘above/on/ over’, sili ‘ below’, sina ‘beyond/on the other side’, etc. This grammatical feature is one of many plays of verbal symbols in ML that is based in imagery of the Manggaraian Language Speakers (MLS). What those words are, how they are used in ML grammatical structure, and what their meanings are as decided by the cultural imagery of the MLS is the main aim of presenting this article.

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